Guidelines

Vietnam: Ground Zero #8

by Eric Helm

Adrenaline-pumping action in the Vietnam jungle! Perfect for fans of Andrew Watts, L. T. Ryan, Don Keith and George Wallace.The Special Forces team make a daring HALO jump into North Vietnam…Vietnam, 1967The Americans believe that the North Vietnamese are using a new guidance system that prevents U.S. fighter aircraft from detecting missile launches on their radar equipment.If this discovery is true, then it could radically tip the balance of the war in the enemy’s favour.Special Forces Captain Mack Gerber and Master Sergeant Anthony Fetterman are tasked with taking a team into the North to investigate one of the SA-2 Guideline missile sites.It’s a dangerous a 30,000-foot nighttime parachute jump from a B-52 bomber in subzero temperatures into hostile territory.But that could be the least of their problems.Because Gerber knows that even if they survive the dive, death could be just around the corner in the camp of the enemy...GUIDELINES is the eighth book in the Ground Zero action-packed, authentic historical thrillers following an American Special Forces Squad as they fight to survive during the brutal Vietnam War.‘Extra special … an unexpected find’ — James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review‘Evocative … Nam as it most likely was…’ — Ed Gorman, Cedar Rapids Gazette‘ Ground Zero … are books to linger in the mind long after their reading’ — The Midwest Book Review THE GROUND ZERO BOOK 1: Ground ZeroBOOK 2: P.O.W.BOOK 3: Unconfirmed KillBOOK 4: The Fall of Camp A555BOOK 5: Soldier's MedalBOOK 6: The Kit Carson ScoutBOOK 7: The Hobo WoodsBOOK 8: GuidelinesBOOK 9: The VilleBOOK 10: Incident at Plei SoiBOOK 11: TetBOOK 12: The Iron TriangleBOOK 13: Red DustBOOK 14: HamletBOOK 12: The Iron TriangleBOOK 13: Red DustBOOK 14: HamletBOOK 15: Moon CusserBOOK 16: Dragon's JawBOOK 17: Cambodian SanctuaryBOOK 18: PaybackBOOK 19: MacvBOOK 20: Tan Son NhutBOOK 21: Puppet SoldiersBOOK 22: GunfighterBOOK 23: WarriorBOOK 24: TargetBOOK 25: WarlordBOOK 26: SpikeBOOK 27: ReconBOOK 28: Pioneer Post

223 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Denis Neal · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have read one other of this authors books but this one is the last one I will read. I got through the part of Hobo Woods where he had a ravishing blonde female on patrol in the jungles of VieNam. It was ridiculous but I managed it. I in this book the same blonde bomb shell is after him plus a female Vietnamese is going on patrol with him. I got through that but barely. I heard him to refer an Air Force person as an " Air Force puke" I got through that, then he used the term a second time. I put the stupid book down and erased it. I would never devalue any other service member of our military regardless of the branch of military they were in. I was in the U S Air Force at DaNang Ab VietNam from Oct 1966 to Sept 1967. DaNang was known as "Rocket Alley" because of the attacks we got. I worked on the O1E Bird Dog that the ground troops called when they needed air support. We had the bravest pilots in the world( several were awarded the Medal Of Honor. I read the books about the ground troops out in the bush so I can fully appreciate what they went through. I wish this author's books were removed from Amazon. I am a 20 year veteran of the US Air Force and this man just belittle all of it. Msgt Denis L Neal USAF Ret

[Josh Hitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one. These all have a nice blend of squad based action, the crazy bureaucracies of the military, and the self importance of the press. This time Mack and team are sent into North Vietnam by parachute to look into what appears to be a new missile system that is taking out planes on bombing runs. While on the ground they run into several problems.

Highly recommend this series, always a lot of action and the characters are well written.

[Sam Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well done

Behind enemy lines, getting the project done, bring everyone back home safe, that's what this books about.
Well written
Rock on

[Jack Rilkoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good story in this series.

[Linda L Kimbel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Series

Great series,I was in the 25th Inf, a lot of the stories are from the area where I was stationed.

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite series about the Vietnam War. When I'm reading it I feel as if I'm seeing what the author (Eric Helm is a name for two men who served in Vietnam and wrote these books)may have saw and went through. It is just a really great series.